Climate change-induced migration and violent conflict
... employ it for environmental migration. Facing severe environmental degradation due to climate change, people can mitigate the effects (voice), do nothing and accept a lower quality of life (loyalty), or leave the affected areas (exit). Choosing to exit may lead to conflict in receiving areas. Predic ...
... employ it for environmental migration. Facing severe environmental degradation due to climate change, people can mitigate the effects (voice), do nothing and accept a lower quality of life (loyalty), or leave the affected areas (exit). Choosing to exit may lead to conflict in receiving areas. Predic ...
A Region Responds to a Changing Climate
... Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe Counties, their municipalities and partners, has worked over the past two years to develop this plan with an initial five-year horizon. The plan is a critical milestone of the Compact, entered into by Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties in Jan ...
... Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe Counties, their municipalities and partners, has worked over the past two years to develop this plan with an initial five-year horizon. The plan is a critical milestone of the Compact, entered into by Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties in Jan ...
americans` attitudes about science and technology
... This report, with additional work on understanding mechanisms for institutional change, as well as practical experience in public engagement with science, will guide the work of the Leshner Leadership Institute ...
... This report, with additional work on understanding mechanisms for institutional change, as well as practical experience in public engagement with science, will guide the work of the Leshner Leadership Institute ...
D7.3.3 Development of PREPARED cities Brand/Marquee and
... about climate change. Cities with combined sewer systems can experience increased overflow due to heavy rainfall that overwhelms wastewater treatment capacity causing street flooding and pollution of surface water streams after being discharged into rivers. (7) Taking into account the consequences o ...
... about climate change. Cities with combined sewer systems can experience increased overflow due to heavy rainfall that overwhelms wastewater treatment capacity causing street flooding and pollution of surface water streams after being discharged into rivers. (7) Taking into account the consequences o ...
Year of presentation
... questions that require the concurrence of diverse expertise, and that are relevant for policy making. For instance, the extended drought event observed along Central and Southern Chile over the last few years offers a template of future climate and its impacts, and of adaptation strategies. Another ...
... questions that require the concurrence of diverse expertise, and that are relevant for policy making. For instance, the extended drought event observed along Central and Southern Chile over the last few years offers a template of future climate and its impacts, and of adaptation strategies. Another ...
Interaction of Land Use and Land Cover Change
... Figure 2.1 Location of the study area in China (above) and locations of 36 meteorological stations in Jiangxi and its contiguous 6 provinces used in this study (below) are shown. (Overlaid on a 90m DEM, station numbers see Table 1 in Appendix) ..............................................67 Figure ...
... Figure 2.1 Location of the study area in China (above) and locations of 36 meteorological stations in Jiangxi and its contiguous 6 provinces used in this study (below) are shown. (Overlaid on a 90m DEM, station numbers see Table 1 in Appendix) ..............................................67 Figure ...
2016_student_project_higson
... water availability will shorten growing seasons and decrease crop yields. In past years of significant drought, rice crop yields have declined seasonally by 50 – 75%, while years with regular rains saw rice crop yields increase by 25% in comparison to years with more variability (Paavola 2008). In t ...
... water availability will shorten growing seasons and decrease crop yields. In past years of significant drought, rice crop yields have declined seasonally by 50 – 75%, while years with regular rains saw rice crop yields increase by 25% in comparison to years with more variability (Paavola 2008). In t ...
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... indirect substitution between energy types and types of fossil fuels. For example, a shift in the transport sector from road transport to rail implies a change in the fossil fuel mix as trucks use oil-based products while the rail sector uses electricity, which can be generated by gas-fueled powerp ...
... indirect substitution between energy types and types of fossil fuels. For example, a shift in the transport sector from road transport to rail implies a change in the fossil fuel mix as trucks use oil-based products while the rail sector uses electricity, which can be generated by gas-fueled powerp ...
the west antarctic ice sheet and long term
... new observations, which reopen the possibility that loss of the large ice shelves in the Ross and Weddell seas would cause acceleration of the ice streams, increased discharge of grounded ice to the sea and a much faster rate of global sea level rise than otherwise projected (Church and Gregory, 200 ...
... new observations, which reopen the possibility that loss of the large ice shelves in the Ross and Weddell seas would cause acceleration of the ice streams, increased discharge of grounded ice to the sea and a much faster rate of global sea level rise than otherwise projected (Church and Gregory, 200 ...
On the relationship between personal experience, affect and risk perception: The case of climate change.
... Knowledge about the causes of climate change is used in the current study as an auxiliary “instrument” (which is further discussed in the following section). Measures that try to assess subjective or “self-reported knowledge” with a single item tend to be unreliable (Roser-Renouf & Nisbet, 2008). Th ...
... Knowledge about the causes of climate change is used in the current study as an auxiliary “instrument” (which is further discussed in the following section). Measures that try to assess subjective or “self-reported knowledge” with a single item tend to be unreliable (Roser-Renouf & Nisbet, 2008). Th ...
Chapter 1 Introduction - Wageningen UR E
... conditions, such as the construction of flood walls to protect property from stronger storms and heavier precipitation, or the planting of agricultural crops and trees more suited to warmer temperatures and drier soil conditions. Afforestation Planting of new forests on lands that historically have ...
... conditions, such as the construction of flood walls to protect property from stronger storms and heavier precipitation, or the planting of agricultural crops and trees more suited to warmer temperatures and drier soil conditions. Afforestation Planting of new forests on lands that historically have ...
English
... Partly due to their high representation in informal employment or that which is based in natural resources or agriculture, as well as their lower levels of education, women can be more vulnerable to and less able to adapt to climate change. They experience greater financial and resource constraints, ...
... Partly due to their high representation in informal employment or that which is based in natural resources or agriculture, as well as their lower levels of education, women can be more vulnerable to and less able to adapt to climate change. They experience greater financial and resource constraints, ...
Coastal Councils and Planning for Climate Change
... Climate change is expected to have significant impacts on local communities in Australia, particularly coastal communities. These impacts include water scarcity, more frequent and intense storms, sea level rise, coastal zone erosion and inundation, the spread of disease and pressure to infrastructur ...
... Climate change is expected to have significant impacts on local communities in Australia, particularly coastal communities. These impacts include water scarcity, more frequent and intense storms, sea level rise, coastal zone erosion and inundation, the spread of disease and pressure to infrastructur ...
A 10-Year Multidisciplinary Program on the Mediterranean Water
... with respect to climate change alone. Regarding heavy precipitation, progress has to be made on the understanding of the mechanisms that govern the location of the precipitating system as well as of those that occasionally produce uncommon amounts of precipitation. The contrasted topography, the com ...
... with respect to climate change alone. Regarding heavy precipitation, progress has to be made on the understanding of the mechanisms that govern the location of the precipitating system as well as of those that occasionally produce uncommon amounts of precipitation. The contrasted topography, the com ...
Redrawing the energy-climate map - World Energy Outlook Special
... The world is not on track to meet the target agreed by governments to limit the longterm rise in the average global temperature to 2 degrees Celsius (°C). Global greenhousegas emissions are increasing rapidly and, in May 2013, carbon-dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per mill ...
... The world is not on track to meet the target agreed by governments to limit the longterm rise in the average global temperature to 2 degrees Celsius (°C). Global greenhousegas emissions are increasing rapidly and, in May 2013, carbon-dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per mill ...
Modelling the effects of climate change and
... Alaska (Osterkamp 2005) and Canada (Halsey et al. 1995) as a result of higher temperatures (Serreze et al. 2000, Chapin et al. 2005) and altered snow cover. Modelling results predict that small, sustained increases in air temperatures forecast by climate models will result in a 20−85 % decrease in t ...
... Alaska (Osterkamp 2005) and Canada (Halsey et al. 1995) as a result of higher temperatures (Serreze et al. 2000, Chapin et al. 2005) and altered snow cover. Modelling results predict that small, sustained increases in air temperatures forecast by climate models will result in a 20−85 % decrease in t ...
Population, poverty, environment, and climate
... Parsons, 1994). Today more than 40% of the world’s surface is under agriculture ...
... Parsons, 1994). Today more than 40% of the world’s surface is under agriculture ...
The Longest Conflict - Centre for Policy Development
... to a close – the period from the early 1900s to the present when average temperatures increased less than 1 degree Celsius, and which brought incremental impact. As we finally start to see momentum to address climate change far more robustly, we also enter the second phase, where the average tempera ...
... to a close – the period from the early 1900s to the present when average temperatures increased less than 1 degree Celsius, and which brought incremental impact. As we finally start to see momentum to address climate change far more robustly, we also enter the second phase, where the average tempera ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook MODULE 10: Climate-smart fisheries and aquaculture
... fisheries (see Box 10.3), while Bell et al., (2011) focused on the vulnerability of species, food webs and ecosystems, and explored the issues related to tunas, their food web, coral reefs, mangroves, freshwater habitats and fisheries activities in the tropical Pacific islands. Cinner et al. (2012) ...
... fisheries (see Box 10.3), while Bell et al., (2011) focused on the vulnerability of species, food webs and ecosystems, and explored the issues related to tunas, their food web, coral reefs, mangroves, freshwater habitats and fisheries activities in the tropical Pacific islands. Cinner et al. (2012) ...
Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Climate Change
... Zimbabwe experiences a lot of drought events especially in the semi-arid regions such as the Chivi District. Meteorological records reveal notable rainfall variability and a spike in the occurrence of droughts. According to Guha-Sapir et al. (2012:28) drought tops the list of climatic disasters to e ...
... Zimbabwe experiences a lot of drought events especially in the semi-arid regions such as the Chivi District. Meteorological records reveal notable rainfall variability and a spike in the occurrence of droughts. According to Guha-Sapir et al. (2012:28) drought tops the list of climatic disasters to e ...
Mapping climate change
... From a central-government perspective, a major part of climate change adaptation is about ensuring that the right framework conditions are in place to enable the relevant players to address climate change in a cost-effective manner. The central government must establish good framework conditions e. ...
... From a central-government perspective, a major part of climate change adaptation is about ensuring that the right framework conditions are in place to enable the relevant players to address climate change in a cost-effective manner. The central government must establish good framework conditions e. ...
Validation of Downscaled Climate Change Scenarios of
... seeks to understand how the local climate will change, how it can exacerbate/ ameliorate conditions in relation to agricultural production and what actions can/can not be taken at the local scale to mitigate impacts. Validation of climate models is an important task before outputs of Global Circulat ...
... seeks to understand how the local climate will change, how it can exacerbate/ ameliorate conditions in relation to agricultural production and what actions can/can not be taken at the local scale to mitigate impacts. Validation of climate models is an important task before outputs of Global Circulat ...